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Marionettes are loved by puppeteers and audiences for what they can do on stage, but they can be challenging to design, make and perform. This beautiful book clearly explains the process from making the puppets to putting them on strings and bringing them alive. Detailed step-by-step instructions are given to make three marionettes - a walking bird, a dancer and a wooden man - each using different tools and materials, with progressively more tricky techniques. Written by a leading puppeteer, it celebrates the art of the marionette.

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PRE-ORDER THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER PHENOMENON . . .''Full of magic and intrigue . . . the perfect escape for fans of fantasies that straddle the edge of our world and transport readers to dazzling, deceptive, and unexpected places'' STEPHANIE GARBER--ARE YOU READY TO ENROL INTO THE HOUSE OF MARIONNE?Quell Marionne has lived her entire life on the run, all in order to hide the deadlymagic that flows through her veins.She was born cursed with Toushana - a perilous dark magic.And the sentence for having it? Death . . .When her secret is discovered by a merciless assassin, Quell fears time is running out.There is only one place that can save her: The House of Marionne. Run by her estranged grandmother, the school trains their students to enter The Order, a society of magical elites. Quell knows this may be the key to burying her forbidden magic forever.But if her Toushana is disco

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Acompaña al pollito durante el día! Despiértalo, dale de comer, acarícialo...Disfrutaréis narrando esta historia con la marioneta de dedo incluida en el libro.Recomendado a partir de 1 año.

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Gray asemeja la libertad humana a la libertad de las marionetas. En nuestro caso, el titiritero habita oculto en nuestra propia conciencia, y los hilos vienen dados por nuestra historia e ideas, pero nada implica que podamos evadirnos de los límites que constriñen y determinan nuestros actos en el mundo. John Gray observa que el anhelo sigue siendo liberar de una vez por todas al ser humano de sus ataduras, para dar comienzo a una nueva era de libertad humana y de plenitud. En cambio, en una magistral vuelta de tuerca, John Gray argumenta con lucidez casi lo contrario: justo ahí donde creemos liberarnos de las cadenas que nos atan, los seres humanos nos revelamos como simples marionetas incapaces de admitir las fronteras a las que irremediablemente nos constriñe nuestra condición.

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La vida es una aventura, un milagro, un misterio. Pero al mismo tiempo tiene un fondo sombrío: se necesitan miles de millones de años para crear un ser humano, y tan solo segundos para verlo desaparecer.JOSTEIN GAARDERSexagenario, excéntrico y apasionado estudioso del indoeuropeo en el Departamento de Lingüística de la Universidad de Oslo, Jakop lleva una vida solitaria. Sin hijos ni parientes cercanos, únicamente mantiene relación con su exmujer y con su amigo Pelle. Pero el llevar una vida social tan reducida no parece importarle lo más mínimo, ya que una peculiar actividad ocupa por completo sus jornadas y, por extensión, la totalidad de su existencia: asiste a los funerales de personas a las que no conoce, se mezcla con los deudos y rememora para ellos las más entrañables anécdotas de su ficticia relación con el difunto, pequeñas historias que, indefectiblemente, conmueven en lo más hondo a los presentes. Hasta que un día, en uno de los sepelios, Jakop conoce a Agnes...Co

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Making and Manipulating Marionettes is a comprehensive guide to the design, construction and control of string puppets, a craft and performance art that has fascinated audiences for over two thousand years. Topics covered include: An introduction to the marionette tradition and the principles and practicalities of marionette design Advice on materials and methods for carving, modelling and casting puppet parts Step-by-step instructions for the construction of human and animal marionettes using traditional techniques and latest materials Detailed explanations for marionette control, stringing and manipulation Secrets for achieving a wide range of special effects and traditional acts, tricks and transformations

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Monsters, Martyrs, and Marionettes is a revelatory hybrid collection that subverts the stereotypes and transcends the platitudes of family life to examine motherhood with blistering insight.Documenting the birth and early life of her three daughters, Adrienne Gruber shares what it really means to use one's body to bring another life into the world and the lasting ramifications of that act on both parent and child. Each piece peers into the seemingly mundane to show us the mortal and emotional consequences of maternal bonds, placing experiences of being a mom within broader contextshistorical, literary, biological, and psychologicalto speak to the ugly realities of parenthood often omitted from mainstream conversations. Ultimately, this deeply moving, graceful collection forces us to consider how close we are to death, even in the most average of moments, and how beauty is a necessary celebration amidst the chaos of being alive.

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La pequeña Manon está enfadada porque no le dejan llevarse los muñecos de Ladybug, Cat Noir y algunos villanos que ha cosido Marinette. Aprovechando su ira, Lepidóptero la transforma en la Marionetista, capaz de revivir y controlar a las personas a través de sus muñecos. Si se apodera de los de Ladybug y Cat Noir, les arrebatará sus prodigios!

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An exclusive look inside world-renowned architect Peter Marino's private, residential projectsIn this stunning new collection, internationally acclaimed architect Peter Marino shares a look inside his private, residential projects. In contrast to the architecture and design for his luxury commercial clients including Chanel, Dior, Louis Vuitton, and Tiffany & Co. the residences featured are ones where Marino was allowed almost unlimited creative freedom in both the architectural planning and interior design.Through ten chapters (nine completed residences and a tenth chapter of in-progress houses) with more than 200 images, this book provides a behind-the-scenes look into Marino's remarkable range of work across the globe with residences in: Southampton and Sagaponack, New York; Aspen, Colorado; Miami, Florida; Summerlin, Nevada; Malibu, California; Faqra, Lebanon; the Dominican Republic; Ramatuelle and St. Barts, France; Grace Bay, Turks and Caicos; and Skorpi

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Experience the full career of racing legend Mario Andretti as recounted by the champion himself. The core of this biography is presented via interviews Andretti has given over the decades and expertly brought together by author Mario Donnini. Anecdotes, testimonials, quips, and jokes come together to give new light on motor racing history. Mario Andretti is a legend in two worlds: Europe and the United States. Some of his accolades and championships include: -1978 Formula 1 World Champion, -1969 Indianapolis 500 Victor -1965, 1966, 1984 IndyCar Champion -1967, 1970, 1972 12 Hours of Sebring Victor -24 Hours of Daytona Victor, and many other endurance classics What counts most is that Mario is the last F1 world champion whose mother tongue is Italian, even if he did win the title when he was an American citizen. The volume contains hundreds of pictures--many of them previously unpublished--which illustrate the long and unrepeat

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TLS BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2016'Gray must be one of the best read of contemporary philosophers, trawling insouciantly through high-, middle- and low-brow literature with the sharp-eyed eclecticism of a magpie of genius' John Banville, Guardian'Like Isaiah Berlin with a thing for sci-fi' Tibor Fischer, SpectatorEveryone thinks they want to be free - or do they? John Gray's thought-stirring new book on freedom draws together insights from Gnosticism, science fiction, ancient sacrifice and the occult to show that freedom is an illusion and that, like fairground puppets, humans dream of escaping the burden of choice altogether.

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Fruto de un largo periodo de introspección y de madura reflexión, pocas obras líricas han alcanzado la repercusión e influencia de " El cementerio marino " , que tras su publicación en 1920 no tardó en convertirse en uno de los puntos de referencia obligados de la literatura moderna. Esta edición reproduce, en forma paralela, el poema en su versión original y la traducción que Jorge Guillén hiciera para Revista de Occidente en 1929. La introducción del propio Paul Valéry (1871-1945) no sólo explica la génesis y elaboración del poema, sino que expone también los principios básicos de su poética y analiza con gran penetración las notas características que diferencian cualitativamente el verso de la prosa. El largo estudio complementario del profesor Gustave Cohen hace justicia a su título ?Ensayo de explicación de El cementerio marino? y aclara al lector muchas de las dificultades y oscuridades del poema.

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AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER PHENOMENON . . .'Full of magic and intrigue . . . the perfect escape for fans of fantasies that straddle the edge of our world and transport readers to dazzling, deceptive, and unexpected places' STEPHANIE GARBER--ARE YOU READY TO ENROL INTO THE HOUSE OF MARIONNE?Quell Marionne has lived her entire life on the run, all in order to hide the deadlymagic that flows through her veins.She was born cursed with Toushana - a perilous dark magic.And the sentence for having it? Death . . .When her secret is discovered by a merciless assassin, Quell fears time is running out.There is only one place that can save her: The House of Marionne. Run by her estranged grandmother, the school trains their students to enter The Order, a society of magical elites. Quell knows this may be the key to burying her forbidden magic forever.But if her Toushana is discovered, she will be killed.Soon Quell realises that hiding who you are is even harder, especially when she meets the handsome, brooding Jordon.And it isn't long before she's forced to choose between her true nature and everyone she's grown to love.Brimming with ballgowns and betrayal, magic and mystery, decadence and darkness, House of Marionne is perfect for readers who crave morally grey characters, irresistible romance and dark academia.

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Inspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger, a chapter book series about women who spoke up and rose up against the odds--including Marian Anderson!When renowned classical singer Marian Anderson wasn't allowed to sing at a theater in Washington, DC, because she was Black, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt invited her to sing at the Lincoln Memorial, at a concert attended by thousands of people. Marian went on to sing around the world on behalf of the UN and the US State Department, and as a part of the Civil Rights Movement, she also performed at the March on Washington. She went on to win many awards, including the first ever Presidential Medal of Freedom and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award--and she inspired countless people along the way.In this chapter book biography by award-winning author Katheryn Russell-Brown, readers learn about the amazing life of Marian Anderson--and how she persisted. Complete with an introduction from Chelsea Clinton, black-and-white illustrations throughout, and a list of ways that readers can follow in Marian Anderson's footsteps and make a difference! A perfect choice for kids who love learning and teachers who want to bring inspiring women into their curriculum. And don’t miss out on the rest of the books in the She Persisted series, featuring so many more women who persisted, including Coretta Scott King, Harriet Tubman, Ruby Bridges, and more!

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Awarded the Nobel Prize in 2010 at the age of seventy-four, Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa has held pivotal roles in the evolution and revolutions of modern Latin American literature. Perhaps surprisingly, no complete history of Vargas Llosa’s works, placed in biographical and historical context, has been published—until now. A masterwork from one of America’s most revered scholars of Latin American fiction, Mario Vargas Llosa: A Life of Writing provides a critical overview of Vargas Llosa’s numerous novels while reinvigorating debates regarding conventional interpretations of the work.Weaving analysis with discussions of the writer’s political commentary, Raymond Leslie Williams traces the author’s youthful identity as a leftist student of the 1960s to a repudiation of some of his earlier ideas beginning in the 1980s. Providing a unique perspective on the complexity, nuance, and scope of Vargas Llosa’s lauded early novels and on his passionate support of indigenous populations in his homeland, Williams then turns his eye to the recent works, which serve as a bridge between the legacies of the Boom and the diverse array of contemporary Latin American fiction writers at work today. In addition, Williams provides a detailed description of Vargas Llosa’s traumatic childhood and its impact on him—seen particularly in his lifelong disdain for authority figures—as well as of the authors who influenced his approach, from Faulkner to Flaubert. Culminating in reflections drawn from Williams’s formal interviews and casual conversations with the author at key phases of both men’s careers, this is a landmark publication that will spark new lines of inquiry into an intricate body of work.

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AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER PHENOMENON . . .'Full of magic and intrigue . . . the perfect escape for fans of fantasies that straddle the edge of our world and transport readers to dazzling, deceptive, and unexpected places' STEPHANIE GARBER--ARE YOU READY TO ENROL INTO THE HOUSE OF MARIONNE?Quell Marionne has lived her entire life on the run, all in order to hide the deadlymagic that flows through her veins.She was born cursed with Toushana - a perilous dark magic.And the sentence for having it? Death . . .When her secret is discovered by a merciless assassin, Quell fears time is running out.There is only one place that can save her: The House of Marionne. Run by her estranged grandmother, the school trains their students to enter The Order, a society of magical elites. Quell knows this may be the key to burying her forbidden magic forever.But if her Toushana is discovered, she will be killed.Soon Quell realises that hiding who you are is even harder, especially when she meets the handsome, brooding Jordon.And it isn't long before she's forced to choose between her true nature and everyone she's grown to love.Brimming with ballgowns and betrayal, magic and mystery, decadence and darkness, House of Marionne is perfect for readers who crave morally grey characters, irresistible romance and dark academia.

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Altidona is a small town in the province of Fermo, nestled among the hills of the Marche region. Here, in a room on the first floor of a mid-twentieth century building, is preserved the archive of Mario Dondero. It is a common belief that Mario Dondero, this poet and photographer, this dreamy, homeless globetrotter, did not care about the fate of his photographs. Once their informative function was exhausted in the newspapers, he left them in newsrooms or at a friend's house, already out to recount other slices of life, never prone to the sedentary work of image cataloging. Yet there is an archive, as rich as a sixty-years long career implies. A wealth of documents - thousands of slides, prints, negatives, contact sheets - that the photographic library of Altidona is patiently collecting, and of which a small anthology is offered in this book. Bright and beautiful images that tell of Italy and other countries, intellectuals, actors and especially the ordinary people, reflecting the sensitivity and poetry of a man who was an irreducible interpreter of the moral tension that marked the creative thought of the late twentieth century. Text in English and Italian.

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The first comprehensive monograph on Mario Bellini, one of Italy's most versatile and influential designers.A key figure in the emergence of Italy as an important centre fore design in the 1960's, Mario Bellini is renowned for his elegant, dramatic and often poetic designs for, among others, Olivetti, Cassina, B&B Italia, Vitra and Artemide. He was the subject of a one man retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in 1987, the recipient of eight prestigious Compasso d'Oro industrial design awards, the Editor–in–Chief of the influential architecture and design magazine Domus (1986–91) and continues to produce architecture and design for clients and locations all over the world.Features:– Richly illustrated with over 500 images including sketches and photographs from Mario Bellini's archive, opened publicly for the first time.– A complete catalogue of Bellini's design work, thematically presented, from calculators, typewriters, office and banking machines, to chairs, tables, sofas, and lighting. Features a series of essays, including an interview with Mario Bellini, covering the various aspects of his career and design processes.

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Encuadernación: RústicaColección: Signo E Imagen-Signo E Imagen. CineastasEnmarcada en poco más de un quindenio (1960-1977), la obra de Mario Bava brilla en la historia del cine italiano debido a la personalísima magnificencia artística mediante la cual supo reconfigurar los parámetros del género fantástico y de terror, aportando una insólita sensualidad macabra y un envolvente barroquismo formal, y creando dos corrientes tan contrastadas como el "gotico all?italiana" y el "giallo". Obras maestras como "La máscara del demonio", "Seis mujeres para el asesino", "Terror en el espacio" y "Diabolik" fueron tan sumamente innovadoras y particulares que sin ellas serían impensables ramificaciones relevantes del cine fantástico moderno, y verifican a perpetuidad el extraordinario talento de un maestro del romanticismo negro fílmico.Premiado historiador cinematográfico y novelista, Carlos Aguilar desglosa tan singular caso mediante un ensayo que aúna la crónica histórico-biográfica con la

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Here we go! Super Mario fans will love this full-colour activity book starring Nintendo's classic team of Mario, Luigi and their friends! Super Mario fans of all ages will love this full-colour activity book featuring Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach and all their friends from the Mushroom Kingdom. With tons of epic games and boss puzzles, Super Mario fans will love to power up with this super-interactive book! Mario first appeared in 1981 with the arcade classic Donkey Kong, and has since gone on to star in many adventures, allowing him to evolve into the beloved icon he is today. He is a video game sensation, appearing across all genres – from action-platformers to sports, kart racing and beyond.

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This book is a rich compilation of verses, finger games, stories and plays for puppets and marionettes, collected by a longtime teacher at the Rudolf Steiner Kindergarten in Vienna, Austria.This is a wonderful resource for all kindergarten teachers and parents.This is a much-expanded edition of Plays for Puppets and Marionettes.

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